Advancing Clinical Expertise in Second Year OT Students

Improving clinical expertise in second year occupational therapy students through application of adult learning theories

Created byLauryn Pritchard

Last updated 12/2024

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What you'll learn

Summarize the current literature on occupational therapy student’s confidence and critical thinking skills with occupational therapy material
Understand the importance of developing a stress management plan
Identify the importance of working with occupational therapy students to improve their critical thinking and confidence prior to entering fieldwork experiences
Recognize the characteristics of adult learning theories

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 29m total length

Introduction9:24
Explore strategies to boost year two occupational therapy students' confidence, critical thinking, and fieldwork readiness in pediatric assessments and interventions, through needs assessment, literature review, and capstone learning activities.
Overarching Goals, Contributions, and Approaches5:43
Advances second-year occupational therapy students' clinical expertise in pediatric assessment, treatment planning, and goals through education guided by andragogy and transformative learning, with active case studies and community partnerships.
Learning Objective and Activity One2:45
second-year occupational therapy students analyze evidence for occupation-based practice through pediatric case studies, completing a Google Form escape room that guides caregiver interviews, assessments, goals, and treatment planning.
Learning Objective and Activity Two2:08
Demonstrate professionalism, ethical behavior, and advocacy to influence positive change for clients, communities, and the profession through pediatric sleep education and open study review sessions in occupational therapy.
Learning Objective and Activity Three2:20
Educate second-year occupational therapy students on evidence-based pediatric behavioral strategies for outpatient practice, including token economy, providing choices, routine, and first-then language, with parental education.
Learning Objective and Activity Four2:23
Create a personalized professional development plan to boost professionalism and manage stress, anxiety, and burnout during occupational therapy fieldwork, guided by reflective questions and resiliency from Smart with Doctor Sood.
Knowledge Check and Acknowledgements5:13
Second-year occupational therapy students in pediatrics demonstrate capstone work by delivering cost-effective tier two interventions to improve fine motor skills, educate preschool staff, and leave adapted books with teachers.

Requirements

General knowledge of occupational therapy and the doctorate level occupational therapy program is recommended however, not required

Description

This course is an outline of the project I completed with Drake University's Occupational Therapy department for my occupational therapy doctoral capstone experience. Students of Drake University's Occupational Therapy program located in Des Moines, Iowa complete a three year doctorate program. Students who complete the three year program enter the work force with the skills and knowledge of an entry-level practitioner.

The goal for this project was to assist in second year occupational therapy students development of clinical expertise in the practice area of pediatrics and improve confidence in the students application of material. From my own experiences on level II fieldworks, I wanted to focus on reducing stress and anxiety and improving confidence and understanding of pediatric material in occupational therapy students prior to entering their level II fieldworks and capstone experiences.

Therefore, this presentation will review the needs assessment, literature review and critically appraised topic, capstone theory and goals, and the learning objectives and activities I completed while at Drake University. Following this presentation, we will review a brief knowledge check before concluding the presentation. My hope is that you will be able to take away an improved knowledge and understanding of improving clinical expertise within higher education students and the ability identify your own strategies to decrease stress and anxiety within a variety of settings.

Who this course is for:

Occupational therapy students, practitioners, and faculty.